EFL Students’ Learning Strategies To Improve Their Speaking Ability

yul lisda hanum saragih; hamzah puadi ilyas, ph.d;

Nisryna Nurfairuza Aristi: 1801055054. “EFL Students’ Learning Strategies To Improve Their Speaking Ability”. Thesis. Jakarta: Study Program of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA, 2022.
This research study aims to find out the strategies used by EFL students to improve their speaking ability. The research method used is qualitative research method. The sample used is purposive sampling. The researcher used interview to collect the data. The subjects in this research are 15 students interviewed in English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty at University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA Jakarta. The researcher analyzed the data from the interview based on interactive model of analysis stated by Miles and Huberman (1994).
The result of this research showed that EFL students in English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty at University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA Jakarta mostly used memory strategies to improve their speaking ability. The second was social strategies followed by cognitive strategies in the third rank. The fourth was metacognitive strategies and followed by affective strategy in the fifth rank.